archive of blog posts
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Great read: a modern day prodigal
If you aren’t reading John’s series of narratives about his journey into faith, you are seriously missing an amazing story. The latest: A Fundamentalist Continues His Pilgrimage You can read this one without knowing the full context, other than John is several years into living it up in the Far Country (to borrow language from…
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Link: The New Legalism: Missional, Radical, Narcissistic, and Shamed | Acton PowerBlog
This article provides an excellent balance to the post I just wrote. 🙂 I didn’t write it, but you should definitely read it. Because I don’t need to rewrite someone else’s excellent post: …[M]issional, radical Christianity could easily be called “the new legalism.” A few decades ago, an entire generation of Baby Boomers walked away…
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Denominational Distinctives should not overshadow the Gospel
More than a decade ago, Coart & I found ourselves emerging from a narrow, insular, and separatist Christianity into the light of biblical teaching about how believers relate to one another and to Grace. It was scary, to be sure — leaving the world of Fundamentalism that I was raised in and both of us…
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How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently | Brain Pickings
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently | Brain Pickings. A brief overview of Daniel Dennett’s approach to offering critique. Can we make this a mandatory required reading selection for all politicians? lol
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Possibly the best thing ever: Spurious Correlations
Spurious Correlations. Possibly the best thing ever.



